Homelessness charity Crisis has warned that the number of homeless people in England could increase by a third by 2024.
Following the latest Homelessness Monitor report from Heriot-Watt University, Crisis has stressed that the ending of Covid restrictions, alongside the end of Universal Credit uplift, could potentially result in a sharp rise in the number of homeless people.

All remaining domestic covid regulations restricting public freedoms are to end this week as part of the government’s Living with Covid Plan.
Alongside the ending of all Covid restrictions, Prime Minister Boris Johnson also detailed how free mass testing will stop from 1 April, whereby the provision of free testing would be targeted to the most vulnerable.

The Electoral Commission has said that plans could seriously undermine its independence and could affect confidence in the wider electoral system.

Wildlife campaigners are arguing that everyone in the UK should be legally entitled to equal access to nature.

Thousands of households will see energy bills reduced by up to £200 a year as part of £67 million to install insulation and clean heating.

The LGA and Association of PCCs are calling for tougher powers for councils to determine where and how many gambling premises can open in their areas.

Councils have stressed that the government must continue to provide funding for local public health teams to manage coronavirus outbreaks in their areas.

The Labour Party has urged the government to ‘come clean’ on bus funding as operators prepare to slash services.
The industry and local authorities have warned that almost one in three services are at risk, with the Treasury refusing to confirm if it will continue grant funding to support operators whose bus revenues have yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels.

The NHS has announced that two new gambling clinics will open in England this year to meet increasing demand for specialist support for gambling addiction.

Dominic Raab has announced an expansion and refurbishment programme will create more than 4,000 new prison places.